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0. H. VEEDEIL REGISTERING COUNTER.

(Apphcatlon filed my 17 1899 (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE VEEDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REGISTERING-COUNTEP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,073, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed May 17,1899. Serial No- 7l'7.138. (No model.)

To aZZ whom 71/; may concern:

Be it known that 1, (loans HUssEY VEE- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Hartford, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-Counters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to counting devicessuch as are employed to register the number of movements or operations of printingpresses and other machines or parts of machines, and has forits object to provide such a device which shall be simple and compact in construction, efficientand reliable in operation, and not subject to breakage or derangement of parts.

The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a counter which embodies the improvements. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same with the end plate re moved and the actuating-arm broken off. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the plane indicated by the line.3 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line A 4 of Fig. 3. r

The counter represented in the drawings is provided with a casing A, which is substantially circular in cross-section, and is pro vided with suitable means, such as the lug a, by which it can be secured in position. A sight-opening a is formed in the casing to permit the record of the counter to be observed. A hub or boss B is formed in or secured to the casing concentrically therewith and serves to support the index-wheels C, which are mounted thereon, said hub being slotted, as at b, to receive the transmission devices, hereinafter described, and at b to receive the brake or friction device D. The end of the boss or hubis closed by a cap E, which is secured in position by pins 6 or other suitable means. Said cap forms an extension of the boss or hub, supports the first indexwheel C, and also forms a bearing for the actuating-shaft F, the otherbearing therefor being formed in the end of the casing A.

Said shaft F receives at one end an arm f for connection tothe moving part of the machine, by which the oscillations of the shaft are effected, and at the other end an arm f, which plays in segmental recess 6, the sides of which or studs c limit the movement of said arm f. The end of the arm f is slotted radially and transversely, as at f for the engagement therewith of the doubly-bent end f of a spring actuating-pawl f*. A similar slot at c in the peripheryof the cap E is provided for the engagement therewith of the doubly-bent end of a spring-detent or holdpawl cf. The flange c of the first indexwheel C is formed on its inner surface with ratchet-teeth o for engagement by the actuating-pawlf and the hold-pawl e It will now be evident that as the shaft F is oscillated the first indexwheel C will be advanced step by step and that the actuating and hold pawl will without fail engage the ratchetteeth of such index-wheel, insuringits proper movement and preventing any backward movement.

The friction-brake D, applied to the shaft F to prevent too free movement thereof, consists of two bent spring-plates secured in the slot b of the boss or hub B and embracing the shaft between them.

The transmission devices between successive index-wheels are not concerned with the present invention, and any suitable devices may be employed. As represented in the drawings, transmission and locking pinions G, mounted on a pin 9, are actuated each by a single tooth or tooth-space g provided in the flange of each index-wheel, and upon each complete rotation of such index-wheel ad vance the neXtindeX-wheel one space through engagement with teeth 9 formed on a flange of the next successive wheel.

It will be evident that the improved counter is not only compact in construction and reliable in operation, but that its parts, so far as concerns the present invention, can be formed and assembled with a minimum of expense and can be replaced easily in case of wear.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the casing open at one end and having a sight-opening, a removable end plate closing the open end of the casing, a tubular hub extending longitudinally within the casing from its closed end, index-wheels turning on said hub, a cap on the open end of the hub and upon which the first internally-toothed, index-wheel turns; the said cap having in its periphery, a pawlreceiving slot and in its outerface a segmental recess, a spring stop-pawl secured in said peripheral recess and engaging the internal teeth of the first numbering-Wheel, transmission devices between the successive index- Wheels, an oscillating shaft extending through the hub and havingits hearings in the closed end of the casing and the hub-cap, an arm projecting from the inner end of the shaft within the said segmental recess and provided with a slot in its free end, and a spring actuating-pawl secured in said arm-slot, and at 20 its free end engaging the teeth of the first CURTIS IIUSSEY VEEDER.

In presence of- E. BARBIE SMITH, U. W. LESTER. 

